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MICHIGAN STATE GAZETTEER
and BUSINESS DIRECTORY For 1875
R. L. Polk & Co., Compilers
The Tribune Printing Co., Detroit, 1875

    POST OFFICES IN (ALPENA) MICHIGAN

    County seats are indicated by c.h.. Money Order offices are designated
    by a star (*). Those included as Money Order offices in late treaties
    with Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland are marked by capital
    letters (B) meaning British, (G) German, (S) Swiss.

    Alpena, c.h., * B. G.
    Long Rapids
    Ossineke


    ALPENA.
    ------
        The seat of justice for Alpena county, is situated on Thunder Bay,
     at the mouth of Thunder Bay River. If is an important lumbering point
     and enjoys a trade with all the lower lake ports. At least $100,000 is
     invested in the Alpena fisheries. An excellent mineral spring exists
     here and is much resorted 10 by invalids. Regular lines of steamboats
     connect Alpena with Detroit and Bay City. Distances, to Detroit 230
     miles, to Standish, on the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad, 100
     miles. During the winter season, while navigation on the lake is sus-
     pended, shipments are made via Standish, Telegraph, Western Union;
     Express, Holt's. Population, 4,000. Wm. D. Hitchcock, postmaster.

     BUSINESS DIRECTORY:
     Aber & Richardson, furniture.
     Allen Rev A B, (Congregationalist)
     Ambrose J D, painter.
     Anspach A, general merchandise.
     Avery, Richardson & Co, saw mill.
     Bewick, Comstock & Co, saw mill.
     Biewend Edward, druggist.
     Bingham, Johnston & Co, sash doors and blinds.
     Bolton & McRae,grocers.
     Bostwick J T, druggist.
     Bradford G D, meat market.
     Burmister Rev W, (Lutheran).
     Burnham V C, lawyer.
     Cain W C, photographer.
     Campbell A & Co, saw mill.
     Campbell & Potter, Saw Mill.
     Case S, fish dealer.
     Comstock A W, cashier Alpena Bank.
     Creager & Davis, grocers.
     Creighton J W, boots and shoes.
     Crippen D, foundry.
     Crowell & Godfrey, boots and shoes.
     Davis G H & Co, dry goods.
     Davis J M, painter.
     Ezekiel J W, auctioneer.
     Field J E, druggist.
     Fletcher A F, railroad agent.
     Fletcher A F & Co, saw mill.
     Folkerts & Butterfield, saw mill and general store.
     Gebhart & Thompson, planing mill.
     Gilchrist F W, saw mill.
     Gillett J & Co, grocers.
     Golling Charles, painter.
     Goodrich F S, jeweler.
     Hawkins George, lumber inspector.
     Healy J P, grocer.
     Higgins Rev T C, (Methodist).
     Hilliard Churchill & Co, saw mill.
     Holmes J D, lawyer.
     Hueber C, meat market.
     Hull E, Propr Collins House.
     Hunt T H, lumber inspector.
     Jeyte A, physician.
     Johnson W II, express agent.
     Kelly R J, lawyer.
     Knight Z M, merchant lailor.
     Lalonde T, boots and shoes.
     Levyn J, cigar mnfr.
     Lincoln D, fish dealer.
     Loomis & Boon, Props Fletcher House.
     Luce T & Co, saw mill.
     McCartney M, insurance agent.
     McDonald J D, fish dealer.
     McDonald Bros, fish dealers.
     McMaster William, harness maker.
     McTavish James, physician.
     Maiden W P, physician.
     Malsh E, dry goods.
     Maltz Geo L. & Co, Bankers.
     Mason, Luce & Co, general store.
     Masters George, baker.
     Mather O. lumber inspector.
     Minor T S, saw mill.
     Monaghan J, grocer.
     Myers J, general store.
     Persons A C, fish dealer.
     Post & Buker, butchers.
     Potvin J, propr Alpena House.
     Potter & Bro, hardware.
     Prentiss Bros & Beekman, lumber.
     Probst Rev C, (Lutheran).
     Warner Purdy & Co, general store.
     Rafter Rev W W, (Episcopal.)
     Rodman D, dry goods.
     Rosenthal & Co, dry goods.
     Rush Rev M P, (Norwegian Church).
     Seaman A L, physician.
     Shelton George H, physician.
     Stevens J H. law and abstract office.
     Tefft A C, Editor Pioneer.
     Turnbull J D, lawyer.
     Vangennip Rev J, (Catholic)
     Viall J C, editor Argus.
     Whittleshofer H H, news dealer.
     Wilkinson A, physician.
     Young B R, saw mill.
     Zohn H & Co, cigar mnfrs.


     LONG RAPIDS
     -----------
        A postoffice on Thunder Bay river, in Alpena county, 18 miles
     west of Alpena.


     OSSINEKE
     --------
        Ossineke is a small village of about 100 in habitants, in Ossineke
     township, in the southeast part of Alpena county and 14 miles from
     Alpena. It is on the shore of lake Huron, and was settled in 1850. The
     country is mostly timbered, - pine, cedar and hemlock - though the
     back country contains good farm lands. Lumber and cedar posts are the
     principal shipments. In the vicinity are valuable deposits of white
     clay. It has a tri-weekly mail. J. E. Sanborn, postmaster.

     BUSINESS DIRECTORY:
     Lewis & Mcintosh, timber jobbers.
     Sanborn Bros, saw mill and general store.

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